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Hello I am a UK citizen who lives in the USA and is about to

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Hello I am a UK citizen who lives in the USA and is about to become a USA citizen. I plan to move back to the UK. I plan to have two passports and enter the UK with my UK passport. I understnad I will have to file US taxes each year but would like to know what else is involved being a US and UK citizen living in the UK. Transferring money etc

Having dual citizenship has no implications so far as the UK is concerned. As you say you are subject to US tax and you will also have to comply with US law as it affects it's citizens but that is unlikely to conflict with UK law except possibly in the unlikely event of war between the two countries. you cannot take a foreign government appointment in another country as a US citizen or you can be stripped of your citizenship - that does not as I understand mean all public sector jobs but only those such as government ministries. You would need to check with the US authorities on that. You also have to travel into the US on your US passport but otherwise I am not aware of anything.

You get some relief for tax paid in the UK and in fact there are more allowances etc against tax in the US than there are in the UK. There are accountancy firms that specialise in doing these sort of returns and it may be a good idea to get it someone to do it for you.

I do not believe there are exchange controls on the export of dollars and you can transfer them to a UK based account. I would check with your bank but generally I think they are freely transferrable to the UK.

I thought I had sent a follow up question earlier but can't find a record of it.

I would finally really like to know how I might enter and stay in the UK bearing in mind I have to leave the US on my US passport and I am supposed to enter the UK also on my US passport. Won't I have a six month limit on my UK stay or something similar along those lines. I am not sure how I might be able to stay in the UK when entering on a US passport even though I have a US and a UK passport.

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